SNAT 188 (P129949)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 016218

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) 4(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 i3
2. i3-ba geme2 kikken2
3. {gesz}kiri6 gar3-szum{ki}
4. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 usz-gi-na
2. giri3 lu2-{d}ba-ba6
  blank space
3. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. usz-gi-[na]
2. [dub-sar?]
3. dumu# lugal?-[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005500 (composite) (P458210) S005500 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P129949

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 016218
Accession Number 1896-06-12, 0438

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 014603
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.16218
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0612-438

References

  • primary: SNAT, 188

    [Gomi1990SNAT] Gomi, Tohru, and Susumu Sato. 1990. Selected Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from the British Museum. Abiko: The Research Institute of the Chuo-Gakuin University.

  • history: RA 58, p.97-110, p. 108 115

    [Lambert1964Urabba] Lambert, Maurice, and Hugo H. Figulla. 1964. “Les Archives de Urabba Fils de Bazig (II).” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 58: 97–110.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2013-07-17 at 15:54:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:46:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:31 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 188 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129949.
SNAT 188 artifact entry (No. P129949). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129949 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 188 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129949 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 188 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129949},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129949},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 188 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129949.
SNAT 188 artifact entry (No. P129949). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129949 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 188 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129949 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 188 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129949},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129949},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129949
LB  - CDLI:P129949
M1  - 2026/4/20/
TI  - SNAT 188 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129949
ER  -
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